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Four ECAC Hockey Teams Secure Bid to National Tournament

Colgate, Clarkson, Quinnipiac, and Yale's seasons are far from over as they continue the quest for the national title

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — The National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Committee announced today the field of 11 teams slated to compete in the 2023 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. This year’s national tournament will feature four ECAC Hockey teams: Colgate (auto-bid), Clarkson, Quinnipiac, and Yale (at-large bids). 

The quest for the 2023 national championship title begins this Thursday, March 9, with the regional semifinals on the campuses of the tournament’s top four seeds. Regional finals are slated to conclude on Saturday, March 11, with the winners advancing to the 2023 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, hosted by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in Duluth, Minnesota, on March 17-19. 

For the first time this season, five conferences were awarded automatic bids for the 2023 national tournament, while the remaining six teams were selected with at-large bids. The automatic qualifiers representing their conferences are ECAC Hockey’s Colgate, College Hockey America’s Penn State, Hockey East Association’s Northeastern, New England Women’s Hockey Alliance’s Long Island, and Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s Minnesota. Ohio State, Quinnipiac, Yale, Wisconsin, Minnesota Duluth, and Clarkson earned at-large bids to the national tournament. 

Ohio State enters the national tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host the winner of the Columbus regional semifinal between ECAC Hockey Women's Tournament semifinalist Quinnipiac (29-9-0) and Penn State at OSU Ice Rink in Columbus, Ohio. Minnesota, the No. 2 seed, will host the winner of the regional semifinal between Minnesota Duluth and ECAC Hockey Women's Tournament runner-up Clarkson (29-10-2) at Ridder Arena. 

The ECAC Tournament champion Colgate Raiders (32-5-2) enter the national tournament with the No. 3 seed, playing the winner of the Hamilton regional semifinal between Wisconsin and Long Island at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, New York. The league's regular season champions, the Yale Bulldogs (28-3-1) are seeded No. 4, and will play Hockey East Women's Tournament champion and No. 5 seed Northeastern at Ingalls Rink for a trip to the 2023 Women's Frozen Four. 

All game times will be updated and posted on NCAA.com.

The 2023 Women’s Frozen Four begins on Friday, March 17, in Duluth, Minnesota, with the first semifinal game at 3:30 p.m. ET and the second at 7 p.m. ET. The national championship game will take place on Sunday, March 19, at 4 p.m. ET. 

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